Review of The Wolfpack (2015) by Ian W — 28 Sep 2015
This documentary shows us the life of the Angulo family who live in New York. The parents were so concerned about their children being exposed to the hostility and nastiness of the world, so concerned that their innocence would be tainted, that they chose to home-school them (in a 16th floor apartment) and rarely let them outside. Some years, the children did not set foot outside of their front door.
As they have grown, the 7 children have watched thousands of movies, and they have learned about the world from them. Making their own entertainment, the children act out entire films, and regularly live out their understandably complicated emotions and desires through movie characters.
This is all about parental control going too far. The children are frightened, paranoid, mal-adjusted, but also incredibly creative, fragile and beautiful. Once they reach their late teenage years, many of the children resent their parents intensely, and rebel.
As a parent myself, I found this very difficult to watch sometimes, and found myself questioning my own abilities as a father.
Ultimately it's about the human spirit, but it's not always easy to watch, it's painful, harrowing, upsetting, moving, charming and beautiful all at the same time.
Very highly recommended!
This review of The Wolfpack (2015) was written by Ian W on 28 Sep 2015.
The Wolfpack has generally received positive reviews.
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